Help evaluate and determine the author
 

oil /canvas pasted on cardboard .... sketch was in St. Petersburg family ... say got from Tarana (like there was a mosaic artist did in the Moscow subway - I have practically nothing about him I do not know) the size 35х25

I would appreciate any info.:)

Very good sketch.
Even if the author remains unknown, the work of this does not become worse.

The driving force was Vladimir Frolov, perhaps Taran was in his team.
Elizabeth Listova very interesting about this told in dok.filme "Metro".
Film spun on RTR.Na their website, perhaps you can read the full text. And the "catch" the names of employees.

And work is really good. I think there is not a man who would become the contrary. (That's me as a comment to some inconsistencies in the assessment of other works)

Thanks! I hope that someone else a favor!

We must look for possible evidence of authorship.
About Metro can not bother, there are thousands of artists hand made ...
  Maybe talking about Alexander F. Tarani?
Artist worthy of attention. And inexpensive.
There is a history of sales look to start here http://artinvestment.ru/auctions/77350
  Although "went from ..." - Does not mean that they are drawn.
In my opinion, is drawn much better

Evaluation of this wonderful Etude Nobody said nothing ...: shy:

300 bucks.

yes, really not too generously ....: D

Demand shows?

No he did not ..... this Tarana name is Andrew and he died in 1967 and rodisya 1880 .... quadrupeds that he was engaged smalt mosaic restored Lomonosov PETRA1 ....

New information from the former owners?

But not from the family if the architect of the Moscow Metro? Check out:
  February 3, 2006 marks 100 years since the birth of the famous Soviet architect, State Prize winner Ivan Georgievich Taranova. In his project to build eleven stations of the Moscow metro, pavilion "Mechanization" (later
renamed the "Space") on VDNH, Industrial Bank building on Tverskaya Street and many other objects. On the eve of the anniversary we went visiting his son, Andrei Ivanovich Taranova, also an architect, vice-president of the Union of Architects in Moscow, who told many interesting things about my father, the family Taranova, on their home. We talked about the modern architecture of the capital.

Cup of the Emperor
Ivan's father Georgievich Georgy Taranov - Belozerov, was a military engineer Andrei Ivanovich shows a photo of the table: five brothers, two men in plain clothes, three - the royal army generals, one of them - George Ivanovitch. Older brother, Alexei, shot himself, was surrounded by red Ekaterinodar. To leave his family after the revolution not happened in Paris was just one of the brothers. "But the punishing right hand barely touched our family - tells his grandson, Andrey Taranov, because my grandfather was a safe-conduct: he is very good to the soldiers in the First World, for which he received a special list with thousands of signatures and icons. I know that he twice had to produce this letter once and he saw this list, but then he disappeared, had disappeared from home and many other documents. I realized that my dad destroyed everything that could be construed as anything, including a document dated 1935 year waiver of the second name - Belozerov.
When young George Taranov-Belozerov entered the Military Engineering Academy, he bought a set of triangles from mahogany, finished with ebony. These drawing tools and then went to Ivan Georgievich. "In 1929, - shows their current owner on the wall - my father used these triangles in the still life. I appreciate this watercolor. She always hanging over my desk, and triangles for many years I work. As my grandfather, then studied it brilliantly. When issuing from the academy, passing 12 exams to 12-point system and dial 144 points, my grandfather was invited for an audience with Nicholas II, who was responsible of the Military Engineering Academy, and received a gift of his personal cup. She kept us up to now.
From the magazine "Architect".

Still Life with terugolnikami. 1929

Oleg Nazarov, is a very real hook! Exit to the family and ... perhaps this portrait of someone from the family.
Raskatov boy, dug up!

Well, if not Andrew Taran, Ivan Taranov - almost to the point, he did a mosaic in the subway, on "Mayakovsky" for example ..
But the portrait is probably not, he drew ..

  ... showed family portraits. A still life, we took pictures:)